Preamble

The House met at half-past Two o'clock

PRAYERS

[MADAM SPEAKER in the Chair]

Madam Speaker: It may be for the convenience of the House if I indicate that this afternoon I shall call upon all hon. Members in the Chamber to take the Oath or to affirm in order of seniority, but beginning with the hon. Member for Aberdeen, South (Ms Begg). If necessary, I shall suspend the sitting for a period or periods to enable all Members who wish to do so to be called today.
Tomorrow, after the State Opening of Parliament, I shall resume the Chair at 2.15 pm and hope to complete the swearing in of Members before the business of the House begins, but I hope that all Members will be present today and will be sworn in today so that it will be unnecessary, when we have our important day tomorrow, to return to swearing in.

Members Sworn

The following Members took and subscribed the Oath, or made and subscribed the Affirmation required by law:

Anne Begg, Aberdeen, South
Right honourable John Morris, QC, Aberavon
David Gordon Clelland, esquire, Tyne Bridge
Right honourable Michael Ray Dibden Heseltine, Henley
Joseph Kevin McNamara, esquire, Kingston upon Hull, North
Jeffrey William Rooker, esquire, Birmingham, Perry Barr
Joseph William Ashton, esquire, Bassetlaw
Allan Ralph Rogers, esquire, Rhondda
George Edward Howarth, esquire, Knowsley, North and Sefton, East
Peter Benjamin Mandelson, esquire, Hartlepool
Right honourable Sir Nicholas Walter Lyell, QC, North-East Bedfordshire
Right honourable David John Denzil Davies, Llanelli
Angela Eagle, Wallasey
Edward Rowlands, esquire, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Michael John Mates, esquire, East Hampshire
Anthony David Steen, esquire, Totnes
Dr. Michael Clark, Rayleigh
Jeremy Bernard Corbyn, esquire, Islington, North
Menzies Campbell, esquire, CBE, QC, North-East Fife
Dr. Lewis George Moonie, Kirkcaldy
Diane Julie Abbott, Hackney, North and Stoke Newington
David Charles Jamieson, esquire, Plymouth, Devonport
Helen Lawrie, Mrs. Liddell, Airdrie and Shotts
Hilary Jane Armstrong, North-West Durham
Ian Colin Taylor, esquire, MBE, Esher and Walton

David Wilshire, esquire, Spelthorne
Edward O'Hara, esquire, Knowsley, South
Brian Harold Donohoe, esquire, Cunninghame, South
Janet, Mrs. Anderson, Rossendale and Darwen
Robert John Blizzard, esquire, Waveney
Andrew Stuart Mackinlay, esquire, Thurrock
Kevin John Barron, esquire, Rother Valley
Llinos, Mrs. Golding, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Tony McWalter, esquire, Hemel Hempstead
Terence Henry Rooney, esquire, Bradford. North
Christine McCafferty, Calder Valley
Mohammad Sarwar, esquire, Glasgow, Govan
Robert Laxton, esquire, Derby, North
Seamus Mallon, esquire, Newry and Armagh
Edward Kevin McGrady, esquire, South Down
Dr. Alan Wynne Williams, Carmarthen, East and Dinefwr
Nigel Christopher Waterson, esquire, Eastbourne
Andrew John Bernard Rowe, esquire, Faversham and Mid-Kent
John Ernest Townend, esquire, East Yorkshire
Paul Anthony Truswell, esquire, Pudsey
John Timothy Grogan, esquire, Selby
Dr. Liam Fox, Woodspring
Christopher Michael Leslie, esquire, Shipley
Timothy Stephen Kenneth Yeo, esquire, South Suffolk
David James Christian Faber, esquire, Westbury
William Nigel Paul Cash, esquire, Stone
Fabian Hamilton, esquire, Leeds, North-East
Kenneth Robert Livingstone, esquire, Brent, East
Marsha Singh, esquire, Bradford, West
Colin Pickthall, esquire, West Lancashire
Richard Beecroft Allan, esquire, Sheffield, Hallam
Kerry Patrick Pollard, esquire, St. Albans
Caroline Alice, Mrs. Spelman, Meriden
James Gerald Douglas Howarth, esquire, Aldershot
Humfrey Jonathon Malins, esquire, Woking
John Robert Cryer, esquire, Hornchurch
Michael Cathel Fallon, esquire, Sevenoaks
Michael Roy Wood, esquire, Batley and Spen
James Charles Cann, esquire, Ipswich
George Philip Willis, esquire, Harrogate and Knaresborough
Gerald Edward Bermingham, esquire, St. Helens, South
Colin Edward Breed, esquire, South-East Cornwall
Damian Howard Green, esquire, Ashford
James Whiteside Gray, esquire, North Wiltshire
Wyvill Richard Nicholls Raynsford, esquire, Greenwich and Woolwich
Anthony Brian Baldry, esquire, Banbury
Dr. Evan Harris, Oxford, West and Abingdon
Claire Curtis-Tansley, Crosby
George Turner, esquire, North-West Norfolk
Cynog Glyndwr Dafis, esquire, Ceredigion

Right honourable Michael Hugh Meacher, Oldham, West and Royton
Christopher Shaun Ruane, esquire, Vale of Clwyd
Alan Campbell, esquire, Tynemouth
John Patrick Aubone Burnett, esquire, Torridge and West Devon
Steven John Webb, esquire, Northavon
Ashok Kumar, esquire, Middlesbrough, South and Cleveland, East
Maria Eagle, Liverpool, Garston
Rosalie Winterton, Doncaster, Central
Kali Carol Jean Mountford, Colne Valley
Brian Iddon, esquire, Bolton, South-East
Gareth Thomas, esquire, Clwyd, West
Ivan Lewis, esquire, Bury, South
Gordon Marsden, esquire, Blackpool, South
Alan Keen, esquire, Feltham and Heston
David Neil Kidney, esquire, Stafford
Dr. Ian Gibson, Norwich, North
Geraldine Smith, Morecambe and Lunesdale
Michael Kevin Moore, esquire, Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
Jacqueline Margaret, Mrs. Ballard, Taunton
Sir Robert Hill Smith, baronet, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Teresa Jane Kingham, Gloucester
Diana Mary Organ, Forest of Dean
Anthony David Wright, esquire, Great Yarmouth
Angela Evans Smith, Basildon
Clive Stanley Efford, esquire, Eltham
David Elliott Drew, esquire, Stroud
Roger Mark Casale, esquire, Wimbledon
Helen Rosemary Brinton, Peterborough
Andrew King, esquire, Rugby and Kenilworth
Betty Helena, Mrs. Williams, Conwy
Henry Baird McLeish, esquire, Central Fife
Constance Ann, Mrs. Cryer, Keighley
Dawn Primarolo, Bristol, South
Stephen Hesford, esquire, Wirral, West
Michael Jabez Foster, esquire, Hastings and Rye
Michael John Foster, esquire, Worcester
Janet Elizabeth Ann Dean, Burton
Michael Thomas Hall, esquire, Weaver Vale
Geoffrey Robinson, esquire, Coventry, North-West
Karen Patricia Buck, Regent's Park and Kensington, North
Peter Charles Stephen Bradley, esquire, The Wrekin
Stephen James McCabe, esquire, Birmingham, Hall Green
James Dobbin, esquire, Heywood and Middleton
Graham Eric Stringer, esquire, Manchester, Blackley
Keith Ernest Darvill, esquire, Upminster
Patrick Hall, esquire, Bedford
Derek Murray Wyatt, esquire, Sittingbourne and Sheppey
Alan Arthur Hurst, esquire, Braintree

Andrew Henry George, esquire, St. Ives
John Ramsay Swinney, esquire, North Tayside
Alastair Neil Morgan, esquire, Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
Barry John Sheerman, esquire, Huddersfield
Mark Fisher, esquire, Stoke-on-Trent, Central
Eric Lionel Clarke, esquire, Midlothian
John Henry Hayes, esquire, South Holland and The Deepings
David Leslie Taylor, esquire, North-West Leicestershire
Andrew John Reed, esquire, Loughborough
Dari Jean Taylor, Stockton, South
Philip Ian Hope, esquire, Corby
David Leonard Watts, esquire, St. Helens, North
Joseph Edward Benton, esquire, Bootle
Helen Mary Southworth, Warrington, South
Martin Bell, esquire, Tatton
Nigel David Jones, esquire, Cheltenham
Oliver Letwin, esquire, West Dorset
Peter Temple-Morris, esquire, Leominster
Elizabeth Marion Blackman, Erewash
Laura Jean, Mrs. Moffatt, Crawley
John Yorke Denham, esquire, Southampton, Itchen
Julia Kate Drown, South Swindon
Yvette Cooper, Pontefract and Castleford
John William Patrick Smith, esquire, Vale of Glamorgan
Michael John Gapes, esquire, Ilford, South
David Gifford Leathes Prior, esquire, commonly called the honourable David Gifford Leathes Prior, North Norfolk
Nigel Griffiths, esquire, Edinburgh, South
Jonathan Rowland Shaw, esquire, Chatham and Aylesford
Vernon Rodney Coaker, esquire, Gedling
James Murphy, esquire, Eastwood
David John Stewart, esquire, Inverness, East, Nairn and Lochaber
Sandra Currie Osborne, Ayr
Harry Michael Cohen, esquire, Leyton and Wanstead
Russell Leslie Brown, esquire, Dumfries
Malcolm Kemp Savidge, esquire, Aberdeen, North
Dr. Peter Brand, Isle of Wight
Robert Edward Russell, esquire, Colchester
Peter Charles Snape, esquire, West Bromwich, East
Crispin Jeremy Rupert Blunt, esquire, Reigate
Elfyn Llwyd, esquire, Meirionnydd Nant Conwy
Tom Levitt, esquire, High Peak
Desmond Browne, esquire, Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Lynda Margaret Clark, QC, Edinburgh, Pentlands
Rosemary McKenna, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
Andrew Robert George Robathan, esquire, Blaby
Right honourable David Philip Heathcoat-Amory, Wells
Archibald John Norman, esquire, Tunbridge Wells
David Stanley Borrow, esquire, South Ribble

Robert John Walter, esquire, North Dorset
Sally Curtis Keeble, Northampton, North
George Galloway, esquire, Glasgow, Kelvin
Jane Patricia Griffiths, Reading, East
Martin John Salter, esquire, Reading, West
Julie Kirkbride, Bromsgrove
Valerie Davey, Bristol, West
John Derek Twigg, esquire, Halton
Dennis Turner, esquire, Wolverhampton, South-East
Kenneth Purchase, esquire, Wolverhampton, North-East
Bowen Wells, esquire, Hertford and Stortford
Anthony Louis Banks, esquire, West Ham
Siobhain Ann McDonagh, Mitcham and Morden
Right honourable Virginia Hilda Brunette Maxwell, Mrs. Bottomley, South-West Surrey
George Edward Mudie, esquire, Leeds, East
Alan James Carter Duncan, esquire, Rutland and Melton
Christopher Robert Chope, esquire, Christchurch

Sitting suspended.

On resuming— Richard George Caborn, esquire, Sheffield, Central
Peter John Viggers, esquire, Gosport
David Lindsay Willetts, esquire, Havant
Shona Mclsaac, Cleethorpes
Ruth Maria Kelly, Bolton, West
Frank Roy, esquire, Motherwell and Wishaw
Ross Frederick Cranston, esquire, Dudley, North
David Michael Chaytor, esquire, Bury, North
Anne, Mrs. McGuire, Stirling

ADJOURNMENT

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn till tomorrow at twenty-five minutes past Eleven o'clock.—[Mr. Mudie.]

Adjourned accordingly at twenty-four minutes to Five o'clock.